Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish
Kate Merrill (505) 277-7364, kateem@unm.edu

Undergraduate Advisor for Portuguese
Leila Lehnen, llehnen@unm.edu 


College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Spanish and Portuguese Undergraduate Admission Requirements

A minimum of 26 credit hours; 23 credit hours must be in courses acceptable toward graduation.

A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work.

  • Transfer students must have a 2.00 transfer GPA.
  • Continuing UNM students must have a 2.00 institutional GPA.

Demonstrated academic achievement by satisfying the following:

  • Completion of the University Writing and Speaking Core.
  • Completion of the University Mathematics Core.
  • Completion of the University Foreign Language Core.

Completion of Department of Spanish and Portuguese major admission course work with a grade of "C" or better:

  • Spanish: SPAN 202 or 212 or 301 or 302 or 307.
  • Portuguese: PORT 276 or 277.

Major Study Requirements

Spanish

30 credit hours in Spanish courses numbered 300 and above. In addition, demonstrated 202 skill level in a language other than Spanish or English must be documented or completed. Seven required courses (21 credit hours) include: 301, 302, 307, **352, one of the following: **350L or 351, one of the following: **411 or **412, one of the following: **431 or **432. Three elective courses (9 credit hours) must be above 307 with at least one course (3 credit hours) at the 400-level*. Only one 301 (3 credit hours) may be applied toward the major. A student may follow a general course of studies or a group of courses in the following areas: Spanish Peninsular Literature, Spanish American Literature, Southwest Hispanic Studies or Hispanic Linguistics. Students planning to major in Spanish should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Spanish Topic Courses 301, **429, **439, 449, and **479 are repeatable as topics change.

Portuguese

30 credit hours in Portuguese courses numbered 276 and above. In addition, demonstrated 202/276 skill level in a language other than Portuguese or English must be documented or completed. Three required courses (12 credit hours) include: 276 or 277 and two of the following: 301, 311, 312. Six elective courses (18 credit hours) at the 300 to 400-level*. Students planning to major in Portuguese should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Portuguese. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Portuguese Topic Courses 414 and *461 are repeatable as topics change.


Second Major Study Requirements

Spanish

Twenty-four credit hours in Spanish courses numbered 300 and above. Three required courses (9 credit hours) include: 301, 302, 307. Five elective courses (15 credit hours must include: two courses (6 credit hours) above 307, two courses (6 credit hours) at the 400-level, and any appropriate course (3 credit hours) numbered 300 or above*. Students planning to second major in Spanish should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Spanish Topic Courses 301, **429, **439, 449, **479 are repeatable as topics change.

Portuguese

Twenty-four credit hours in Portuguese courses numbered 276 and above*. Students planning to second major in Portuguese should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Portuguese. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Portuguese Topic Courses 414 and *461 are repeatable as topics change.


Minor Study Requirements

Spanish

Eighteen credit hours in Spanish courses numbered 300 and above. Three required courses (9 credit hours) include: 301, 302, 307. Three elective courses (9 credit hours) include: at least one course (3 credit hours) above 307, two courses (6 credit hours) may be any appropriate courses numbered 300 or above*. Students planning to minor in Spanish should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Spanish Topic courses 301, **429, **439, 449, and **479 are repeatable as topics change.

Portuguese

Eighteen credit hours in courses numbered 276 and above*. Students planning to minor in Portuguese should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor for Portuguese. All grades must be "C" or better.

* Portuguese Topic Courses 414 and 461 are repeatable as topics change.


Courses in Spanish (SPAN) are categorized in content areas. The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:

Language (L); Linguistics, Philosophy, and Methodology (LPM); Literature (LT); Peninsular Literature (PL); Spanish American Literature (SA); Southwest Hispanic Studies (SH).


Courses

PORT 101. Elementary Portuguese I. (3)



PORT 102. Elementary Portuguese II. (3)



PORT 275. Intensive Beginning Portuguese. (6)



PORT 276. Intensive Intermediate Portuguese. (6)



PORT 277. Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. (6)



PORT 301. Conversation and Pronunciation. (3)



PORT 311 / 511. Culture and Composition. (3)



PORT 312 / 512. Culture and Conversation. (3)



PORT 335. Brazilian Popular Culture. (3)



PORT 414 / 514. Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 416 / 516. Brazilian Cinema. (3)



PORT 417 / 517. Popular Brazilian Music. (3)



PORT 421 / 521. Brazilian Theater. (3)



PORT 457 / 557. Encounters with the New World I. (3)



PORT 458 / 558. Encounters with the New World II. (3)



PORT *461. Topics in Brazilian Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 497. Undergraduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PORT 498. Reading and Research for Honors. (3)



PORT 499. Honors Essay or Teaching. (3)



PORT 511 / 311. Culture and Composition. (3)



PORT 512 / 312. Culture and Conversation. (3)



PORT 514 / 414. Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 516 / 416. Brazilian Cinema. (3)



PORT 517 / 417. Popular Brazilian Music. (3)



PORT 521 / 421. Brazilian Theater. (3)



PORT 551. Graduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PORT 557 / 457. Encounters with the New World I. (3)



PORT 558 / 458. Encounters with the New World II. (3)



PORT 570. Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



SPAN 101. Elementary Spanish I. (3)



SPAN 102. Elementary Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 103 - 104. Elementary Spanish Conversation I-Elementary Spanish Conversation II. (1, 1)



SPAN 111. Elementary SHL I. (3)



SPAN 112. Elementary SHL II. (3)



SPAN 200. Intermediate Spanish Abroad. (3)



SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I. (3)



SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 203. Spanish Conversation. (3)



SPAN 205. Introduction to Medical Spanish. (3)



SPAN 211. Intermediate SHL I. (3)



SPAN 212. Intermediate SHL II. (3)



SPAN 301. Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 302. Developing Spanish Writing Skills. (3)



SPAN 307. Introduction to Hispanic Literature. (3)



SPAN **350L [**350]. Introduction to the Sound Patterns of Spanish [Spanish Phonetics]. (4 [3])



SPAN 351. Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. (3)



SPAN **352. Advanced Grammar. (3)



SPAN 370. Survey of Chicano Literature. (3)



SPAN 371. Spanish of the Southwest. (3)



SPAN **411. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature I. (3)



SPAN **412. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature II. (3)



SPAN *423. Cervantes: The Quijote. (3)



SPAN **429. Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture and Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN **430. Spanish American Short Story. (3)



SPAN **431. Spanish American Literature Survey I. (3)



SPAN **432. Spanish American Literature Survey II. (3)



SPAN **433. Modern Spanish American Poetry. (3)



SPAN **435. Modern Spanish American Fiction. (3)



SPAN *438. Mexican Literature. (3)



SPAN **439. Topics in Spanish American Culture and Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 445 / 545. The Sound Patterns of Spanish. (3)



SPAN 449. Topics in Hispanic Linguistics. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN **479. Topics in Southwest Folklore-Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 497. Undergraduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SPAN 498. Reading and Research for Honors. (3)



SPAN 499. Honors Essay. (3)



SPAN 502. Proseminar: Research and Critical Methodology. (3)



SPAN 504. Seminar in Ibero-American Studies. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 515. Spanish Medieval Paleography. (3)



SPAN 519. Medieval Literature. (3)



SPAN 520. Seminar in the Spanish Peninsular Picaresque Novel. (3)



SPAN 522. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Poetry. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 526. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular Theater. (3)



SPAN 529. Spanish Peninsular Post-War Novel. (3)



SPAN 531. The Modernist Movement in Spanish American Poetry. (3)



SPAN 536. Colonial Literature. (3)



SPAN 541. Recent Research on the Teaching of Spanish. (3)



SPAN 545 / 445 [545]. The Sound Patterns of Spanish [Spanish Phonology]. (3)



SPAN 546. Seminar in Hispanic Sociolinguistics. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 547. Seminar in Southwest Spanish. (3)



SPAN 549. Seminar in the Language of Spain or Spanish America. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 551. Graduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SPAN 578. Topics in Southwest Hispanic Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 579. Topics in Southwest Culture & Folklore. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



SPAN 601. Literary Theory. (3)



SPAN 629. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 639. Seminar in Spanish American Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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